Whosoever counts these Lays as fable, may be assured that I am not of his mind. Marie de France Read Quote
For what the lover would, that would the beloved; what she would ask of him that should he go before to grant. Without accord such as this, love is but a bond and a constraint. Marie de France Read Quote
Great were the lamentation and the cry when the news of this mischance was noised about the city. Such a tumult of mourning was never before heard, for the whole city was moved. Marie de France Read Quote
Out of five hundred who speak glibly of love, not one can spell the first letter of his name. Marie de France Read Quote
The dead and past stories that I have told again in divers fashions, are not set down without authority. Marie de France Read Quote
There are divers men who make a great show of loyalty, and pretend to such discretion in the hidden things they hear, that at the end folk come to put faith in them. Marie de France Read Quote
If one of two lovers is loyal, and the other jealous and false, how may their friendship last, for Love is slain! Marie de France Read Quote
